Updated April 2026

The VidScore Leaderboard.

Objective rankings of 10 AI video generation models based on real benchmark data. Cost per second, generation speed, and resolution — tested with 20 standardized prompts. Rankings update weekly.

Rank
Model
Cost/sec
Resolution
01

Minimax Hailuo

MiniMax

$0.004
720p
02

FramePack

HuggingFace Community

$0.03
720p
03

Wan 2.1

Alibaba

$0.05
1080p
04

Kling v3

Kuaishou

$0.07
1080p
05

Pika 2.0

Pika Labs

$0.08
1080p
06

Sora 2

OpenAI

$0.10
1080p
07

Seedance 2.0

ByteDance

$0.10
1080p
08

Luma Ray2

Luma AI

$0.10
1080p
09

Veo 3.1

Google DeepMind

$0.15
4K
10

Runway Gen-4

Runway

$0.15
4K

Methodology

VidScore runs each model through 20 standardized prompts covering people, animals, landscapes, products, and animation. We record actual API cost, generation time, and output resolution.

Test Prompts

20 prompts across 6 categories, run identically on all models. Each prompt tested 3 times, median values reported.

Cost Measurement

Actual API billing recorded per generation. All costs in USD, normalized to per-second pricing for comparison.

Speed Measurement

Wall-clock time from API request to video delivery. Measured for 5-second generation as the standard benchmark.

Update Frequency

Rankings refreshed weekly. New models benchmarked within 24-48 hours of public API availability.